Dictionary
ex•em•pla•ry
Pronunciation: (ig-zem'plu-rē, eg'zum-pler"ē), [key]—
adj.
1. worthy of imitation; commendable:
exemplary conduct.
2. serving as a warning:
an exemplary penalty.
3. serving as an illustration or specimen; illustrative; typical:
The sentences read are exemplary of the style of the essay as a whole.
4. serving as a model or pattern:
The authoritative and exemplary text of the work is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
5. of, pertaining to, or composed of exempla:
the exemplary literature of the medieval period. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.